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Teapots and Trivets

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Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Oct. 6, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

Retailers are looking beyond coffee presses and trying to tempt shoppers to stock up on teapots.

Tea-making paraphernalia -- including cozies, trivets and other accessories -- are being showcased as gift items for the holiday season. Kitchen-product maker BonJour has 11 new teapots and accessories this year, including a $50, 42-ounce "Zen" teapot made of heat-retaining borosilicate glass with a bamboo base (at Potsandpans.com). The Meyer Corp. division rolled out just one teapot last year. And Urban Outfitters...